2016 International Indian Statistical Association conference `Statistical and Data Sciences: A Key to Healthy People, Planet and Prosperity'

2016年国际印度统计协会（IISA）会议将于2016年8月18日至21日在俄勒冈州立大学举行。（见http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/iisa/）会议的主要目标是汇集来自世界各地积极从事统计学和数据科学及其在各个相关领域应用的理论和方法研究的成熟和新兴的年轻研究人员。会议旨在为领先的专家和青年研究人员提供一个论坛，讨论统计理论和应用以及数据科学的最新进展，从而为各个领域的统计推断提供新的方向。它的目的是在全世界促进统计、概率和数据科学的教育、研究和应用，特别强调印度次大陆，促进各国之间以及其他国家/国际组织之间的信息交流和学术活动，以发展统计和数据科学，满足年轻统计学家和数据科学家的需要，并鼓励成员之间在教育方面的合作努力。研究，工业和商业。俄勒冈州立大学将于2016年8月18日至21日主办2016年国际印度统计协会（IISA）会议。全体会议发言人将是Kanti Mardia（利兹大学）和xiaoli b孟（哈佛大学）。主讲人包括Kathy Ensor（莱斯大学）、Debashis Ghosh（丹佛科罗拉多大学）、Kannan Natarajan（诺华公司）和Ajit Tamhane（西北大学）。针对初级研究人员的活动包括早期职业发展会议和学生论文比赛。这笔资金将确保初级研究人员和研究生的参与。

The 2016 meeting of the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) will take place at Oregon State University, from August 18-21, 2016. (See http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/iisa/.) The main objective of the conference is to bring together both well established and emerging young researchers from around the world who are actively pursuing theoretical and methodological research in statistics and data science and their applications in various allied fields. The conference aims to provide a forum for leading experts and young researchers to discuss recent progress in statistical theory and applications and in data science, thereby providing new directions for statistical inference in various fields. It aims to promote education, research and application of statistics, probability and data science throughout the world with a special emphasis on the Indian subcontinent, foster the exchange of information and scholarly activities between various countries as well as among other national/international organizations for the development of statistical and data science, serve the needs of young statisticians and data scientists and encourage cooperative efforts among members in education, research, industry and business.Oregon State University will host the 2016 meeting of the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) from August 18-21, 2016. Plenary speakers will be Kanti Mardia (University of Leeds) and Xiao-Li Meng (Harvard University). Keynote speakers include Kathy Ensor (Rice University), Debashis Ghosh (University of Colorado, Denver), Kannan Natarajan (Novartis), and Ajit Tamhane (Northwestern University). Activities for junior researchers include a session on early career development and a student paper competition. This funding will assure the participation of junior researchers and graduate students.